Question

31). Identify the direct address in the following sentence.

Sam, come inside because it is going to rain, even though your sister Sarah won't.

A. Sam
B. Sam, come inside
C. come inside because it is going to rain
D. it is going to rain
E. to rain
F. even though your sister Sarah won't
G. your sister Sarah
H. Sarah
I. Sarah won't

Answer 1

A. Sam

The direct address is the person being spoken to. In this sentence, Sam is the one being directly spoken to. The speaker is telling Sam to come inside. Even though his sister is also mentioned. She is not the one who is being addressed in this sentence. She is not being told to come inside. Even while her name is being said, the speaker is actually talking directly to Sam.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A.

A direct address is the name of the person who is being directly spoken to (note that it is not just any name - as you can see in this example, Sarah is not a direct address because she is being mentioned, not spoken to). A direct address is also often set off by commas. In this example, Sam is being told to come inside, so we know that this is the direct address.